Opinion

To the Editor: Kathleen Parker hates the tea party — or maybe she is just afraid of it. She is joined by other liberal media people such as Bob Schieffer, Chris Matthews and David Brooks. These "journalists" freely use insults and lies to...... Full story

To the Editor: Last year, if spotting a large female bobcat with its kitten sauntering across a residential lawn in suburban Parkwood, Harlingen, wasn’t a surprise, imagine my reaction last week while walking the very same South Parkwood...... Full story

To the Editor: I just read about the female Afghan military pilots training in San Antonio; that boiled my American blood. How stupid are the Americans who are allowing these women to train in the United States after what happened in New York on...... Full story

To the Editor: I read the July 17 article by Mr. Thomas D. Segal regarding a letter by Mr. Ken Huber from Tawas City, Mich., concerning "Thoughts on the degradation of America." I had to read the article twice, since some things sounded familiar....... Full story

To the editor: Being an 82-year-old senior citizen, I find it truly distressing to observe the rapid erosion of our very precepts of governing and of being governed; namely the government actions that have so effectively provided the comforts and...... Full story

To the Editor: As a point of information, while Barack Obama was a law student, he became president of the Harvard Law Review. Only the top 10 percent of the class are allowed to be in this group. After he graduated from Harvard Law School he...... Full story

To the editor: Readers might well be surprised to read that Valley state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. was co-sponsor of a bill that raises costs to his constituents. The new rule regarding the purchase and bringing across the border of alcoholic beverages...... Full story

To the editor: The folks at Cameron County Precinct 3 have succumbed to political pressure that needs to be exposed. In early June, the county embarked on the Dilworth Road Drainage Project. I have to assume that extensive surveying and analysis...... Full story

To the Editor: On July 16 the Valley Morning Star printed an editorial from The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo., titled: "Bigger Problem" and subtitled, "Demographic poverty worse than government debt crisis." While it began with a report of a...... Full story

Editor: What does Hollywood deem worthy of producing? Just turn on your television and look at the shallow reality shows that some actually call entertainment. Look at the people Hollywood chooses to glorify. A&E, WE, the Travel Channel and...... Full story

Editor: Cameron Country Regional Mobility Authority Director/Coordinator Pete Sepulveda is pleased that the Texas Department of Transportation will kick in money for some Cameron County toll road plans. Fine! Perhaps those projects are needed....... Full story

To the editor: The Star should be congratulated for its reporting of the judicial activism of the Texas Supreme Court by supposedly conservative Republican justices in order to help Gov. Perry hide his travel expenses from public scrutiny. As we...... Full story

To the editor: What if congressmen don’t understand the difference? What if judges don’t understand the difference? What if sheriffs don’t understand the difference? What if deputy sheriffs don’t understand the...... Full story

To the editor: Timothy Geithner said something on Fox News Sunday, while discussing the current debt mess that our country is facing, which sounded pretty scary. As his defense on why cuts can’t be made to social programs, he stated that 40...... Full story

To the editor: Over Flight  Holiday shopping,Satin gowns and Rolexes calls,So to the fiveAnd seven-person private jets,Out of Mexico’s drug wars,And wars connected,They fly to American cities’Malls, a fast private car from...... Full story